PRESS RELEASE: UVa Center for Politics–– Professor Larry Sabato, Director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, will host a discussion with filmmaker Oliver Stone about his landmark film “JFK” as part of the 2011 Virginia Film Festival. Sabato’s discussion with Stone will follow a special screening of the film scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. on Friday, November 4th at the University’s Culbreth Theatre.
“JFK” tells the story of New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison, who doubts the official story of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and investigates the crime for himself. The film sparked controversy upon its release in 1991, showing how the JFK assassination and the questions behind it still loom large in American life.
Sabato is completing a new book, “The Kennedy Half-Century,” about the political life and legacy of President Kennedy. It will be released in 2013, the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination, by Walker & Company, a division of Bloomsbury Publishing.
The 24th Annual Virginia Film Festival will be held in Charlottesville from November 3rd through November 6th. For tickets and additional information on the Virginia Film Festival, visit http://www.virginiafilmfestival.org/.
